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house speaker john boehner was if there is a mandate, it is a ground. boy, totally different tones i . realize have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renominati and for his senate seat in kentucky boner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimaty have a mandate in those negotiations as they go forward? will republican lawsuits produce soul-searching? does boehner and mcconnell#+c figure out the best thing to do is do a of the of the pick tíq scab if now and start anew when calendar turns?it will be ier races that have not been decided members of congress are in trouble. the open seat in arizona. second. gabby gifford's former seat. the open sea in arizona nine uncalled. dan lun green is votes. the open seat in california 26. we don't know what will happen there. 100% are in . mary bono mack is behind. will she join her husband coming an congress. bilbray is behind with 100% reporting in california as we mentioned already, incumbent allen west is behind in florida 18 with
house speaker john boehner was if there is a mandate, it is a ground. boy, totally different tones i . realize have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renominati and for his senate seat in kentucky boner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimaty have a mandate in those negotiations as they go forward? will republican lawsuits produce soul-searching? does boehner and mcconnell#+c figure out the best thing to do is...
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they are saying call john boehner, because we don't know. >> reporter: and the political pressure is falling squarely on the house, because the senate has already passed their version with big support from both parties. now for consumers, no immediate plan is happening, but the prices could go up early next year. >> kelly o'donnell, on the hill for us, thank you. >>> there has been a lot of attention paid to school lunches, especially with first lady michelle obama leading the push for healthier food. but there is something else going on that a growing number of our public schools across this country are seeing. an issue when the students are fed in the school day. our report tonight from nbc's kate tur. >> reporter: it's just after 6:00 in the morning, and this 17-year-old is rushing out the door for school. no time for breakfast, class starting at 8:15 his first meal today is pizza, only a couple of bites, though. >> it doesn't sit right with my stomach. >> reporter: that is because it is 9:55 in the morning, joe's regular fourth period lunch. >> i think it is too early. they shoul
they are saying call john boehner, because we don't know. >> reporter: and the political pressure is falling squarely on the house, because the senate has already passed their version with big support from both parties. now for consumers, no immediate plan is happening, but the prices could go up early next year. >> kelly o'donnell, on the hill for us, thank you. >>> there has been a lot of attention paid to school lunches, especially with first lady michelle obama leading...
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boehner has been embarrassed. he could not get the vote of his own caucus, of his own conference to pass a benign piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that protected everybody up to a million dollars. i don't know how you get more embarrassed than that. now, i hope that these guys can get together, these men and women can get together and do something before january 1st. but i'd check those airplane logs if i were you. if they're really serious, they're going to say you're going to get the final word. >> and i'm creating this dynamic of making it difficult. john boehner was not embarrassed. the house works its will. to try to put it ins terms of being embarrassed, misses the whole point. >> and i remember that well because i had a school feed trip to the national zoo that was canceled because the government shut down. so you've robbed your young kids of access. thanks so much for coming on the program. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> up next, capital cliffhanger. behind the scenes in the fiscal cliff n
boehner has been embarrassed. he could not get the vote of his own caucus, of his own conference to pass a benign piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that protected everybody up to a million dollars. i don't know how you get more embarrassed than that. now, i hope that these guys can get together, these men and women can get together and do something before january 1st. but i'd check those airplane logs if i were you. if they're really serious, they're going to say you're going to get...
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last night house speaker john boehner insisted he's optimistic about an agreement telling abc's diane sawyer he is, quote, the most reasonable responsible person in washington but he's also not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about -- >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. >> at issue here, a perfect economic storm that could have serious consequences. nbc's andrea mitchell breaks it down for you. >> reporter: the campaign was tough. victory is sweet. now comes the hard part. >> on january 21st, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. >> reporter: so what exactly is the fiscal cliff? it's a nightmare combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that congress and the president agreed to to force themselves into a compromise, but so far they haven't agreed on anything. so barring a last-minute fix at the stroke of midnight on new year's e
last night house speaker john boehner insisted he's optimistic about an agreement telling abc's diane sawyer he is, quote, the most reasonable responsible person in washington but he's also not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about -- >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable. and, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house....
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. >>> last night house speaker john boehner -- also, he's not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about? >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. >> at issue here is this perfect economic storm that could have serious consequences. nbc's andrea mitchell breaks it dun for you. >> reporter: the campaign was tough. victory is sweet. now comes the hard part. >> on january 1st, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. >> reporter: so what exactly is the fiscal cliff? it's night mare combination of tax hikes and spending cuts the president agreed to to force themselves into a compromise. so far, they haven't agreed on anything. so barring a last-minute fix at the stroke of midnight on new year's eve, the bush tax cuts expeer. the alternative minimum tax kicks in. more than half of all married couples with two children would owe an additional $4,000
. >>> last night house speaker john boehner -- also, he's not backing off his stand on tax hikes. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about? >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly it couldn't even pass the house. >> at issue here is this perfect economic storm that could have serious consequences. nbc's andrea mitchell breaks it dun for...
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>> i guess in a bid to not associate himself with john boehner and show he's from a different side of the tracks. we're all pretty well aware of that. speaking of wine knows, catherine, i'll go to you, richard. you probably want to comment on this first. while touring a zoo in st. louis on friday, newt gingrich was bitten by a penguin. >> to which i have to ask, was penguin okay? >> see i knew you'd have a witty rejoinder. newt gingrich is still in this race. apparently -- >> and looking for votes in a zoo. what could be more sensible. >> doesn't have the penguin vote >> he walked out on an interview after the first question. >> i got an alert he had an interview with a student newspaper in many north carolina and mid-way through the first question, decides to cut it off which is what an aspiring is presidential candidate. >> once you're bitten by a penguin, maybe all bets are off, bill. >> students can be really zany these days. >> i'm moving on to my last thing to talk about, which is that a new pew project internet study finds one in five adults doesn't use the internet at all. tha
>> i guess in a bid to not associate himself with john boehner and show he's from a different side of the tracks. we're all pretty well aware of that. speaking of wine knows, catherine, i'll go to you, richard. you probably want to comment on this first. while touring a zoo in st. louis on friday, newt gingrich was bitten by a penguin. >> to which i have to ask, was penguin okay? >> see i knew you'd have a witty rejoinder. newt gingrich is still in this race. apparently --...
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boehner made some comments distancing himself. one thing i want to jump in with, it was not one person that made these comments on the airwaves, and there were multiple commentators -- >> do you know their names? >> glenn beck, for one. and they were not the only two. i hope that we can take a stand and decide that this is the point when this is going to be unacceptable discourse in all sectors of our society. >> thank you, my colleague, for sharing our views, and thank you for -- >> thank you for having me. >> if you can get through this, can you get through tough law cases. move on to greatness. you are showing greatness already. >>> coming up, why do republicans think limiting birth control is a political winner? what are they thinking? you are watching hardball on a friday night on msnbc. want to . ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done
boehner made some comments distancing himself. one thing i want to jump in with, it was not one person that made these comments on the airwaves, and there were multiple commentators -- >> do you know their names? >> glenn beck, for one. and they were not the only two. i hope that we can take a stand and decide that this is the point when this is going to be unacceptable discourse in all sectors of our society. >> thank you, my colleague, for sharing our views, and thank you...
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house speaker john boehner is doing the dance of the seven veils. ♪ >> a day after the president's re-election, the speaker of the house opened the door to additional tax revenues. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> but after that telling peekaboo, boehner pulled back, announcing tax increases are not an option. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone says they want. >> last night, he revealed to diane sawyer that his party was no longer seeking to repeal the affordable care act. >> well, i think the election changes that. it's pretty clear that the president was elected, obama care is the law of the land. >> but you won't be spending the time next year trying to repeal obama care. >> there may be parts of it that we believe need to be changed. we may do that. no decisions at this point. >> but hours after that interview, boehner shrouded himself once again tweeting, obama care is law of the land but it is raising costs and threatening jobs. our goal has been and will remain #full
house speaker john boehner is doing the dance of the seven veils. ♪ >> a day after the president's re-election, the speaker of the house opened the door to additional tax revenues. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> but after that telling peekaboo, boehner pulled back, announcing tax increases are not an option. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> raising tax rates will slow down our ability to create the jobs that everyone...
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speaker boehner's plan b does none of the above. plan b, i would call it plan befulgdzed. it's really hard to imagine why they even came up with it unless they just want to prove to their members that unless 218 of them were ready to raise rates, it's not going to pass. the democrats are not going to give them that success. you can be sure of that. it's a tactic, but it's not a serious proposal. the president has tried -- what the president has done is to say let's get something accomplished. not each of us will have it all our own way, but let's move towards an agreement. so that we can do the above. avoid the cliff, inspire confidence, avoid the downgrading of our credit rating and the rest, and reduce the deficit as we invest in jobs to grow our economy. the president really deserves a lot of credit for what he put forth and even though, even though criticized by some democrats, is not enough even though it moves toward a place of compromise with republicans. hopefully they'll come -- after they see what their plan -- how their plan will fail, will come to the table aga
speaker boehner's plan b does none of the above. plan b, i would call it plan befulgdzed. it's really hard to imagine why they even came up with it unless they just want to prove to their members that unless 218 of them were ready to raise rates, it's not going to pass. the democrats are not going to give them that success. you can be sure of that. it's a tactic, but it's not a serious proposal. the president has tried -- what the president has done is to say let's get something accomplished....
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speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris dodds go to the floor and say this cannot happened. what happens with gray beards is they usually leave. >> or get grayer. >> we have a new class of senate democrats coming in and saying there is a legal and constitutional basis for doing this. the thing that i think gets confused here, is that they're not doing away with the filibuster. what reid is trying to do -- >> i think they should do. >> well, you can make -- you can have the argument because a lot of reproductive rights groups would be more cauckau -- cautio about them. have them show up and get 40 votes. >> if
speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris...
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boehner's emboldened by that support. but also you know i think they've been swashbuckling insofar as keeping the raucous members or purging them from committee chairs. >> there's definitely been a new message which is that john boehner's the boss and we're not going to deal with insubordination. if you look at that offer, people are saying it's boehner's offer. it's signed by eric cantor. >> and paul wrien. >>> and paul ryan. any leader who the rebels, shall we say, within the republican conference could have, is now aligned with wehner completely. strengths his hand. he's the sole negotiate, whatever he gets from president obama will be the rule of law. and i think what's really emboldened boehner, ironically, mitt romney's loss. it's this idea that john boehner's survived, he's the one who came through. we were able to keep the house. he does get a lot of credit for that among house republican circles, they were able to keep the house. people think -- >> he raised something like 100 million dollars. >> he's the kingmak
boehner's emboldened by that support. but also you know i think they've been swashbuckling insofar as keeping the raucous members or purging them from committee chairs. >> there's definitely been a new message which is that john boehner's the boss and we're not going to deal with insubordination. if you look at that offer, people are saying it's boehner's offer. it's signed by eric cantor. >> and paul wrien. >>> and paul ryan. any leader who the rebels, shall we say, within...
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in the meantime can john boehner survive? there are questions this morning about his future as house speaker after he couldn't get enough republican votes to pass his plan b fiscal cliff proposal. just moments ago he addressed this embarrassing setback. >> while we may have not been able to get the votes last night, to avert 99.81% of the tax increases, i don't think they weren't taking that out on me. they were dealing with the perception that somebody might accuse them of raising taxes. >> seeing an increasingly divided republican house where dozens of conservatives refused to go along with his back up plan. >> i disagree with john boehner, actually caving on taxes. he went over to the white house over the weekend and said we'll give you a trillion dollars of tax revenue and maybe raise the debt ceiling for a year and take a lever out of the hand of the republicans but did that i think without the support of the congress as we found out. >> he has worked his heart out to try to get the best deal he can, and to have this hap
in the meantime can john boehner survive? there are questions this morning about his future as house speaker after he couldn't get enough republican votes to pass his plan b fiscal cliff proposal. just moments ago he addressed this embarrassing setback. >> while we may have not been able to get the votes last night, to avert 99.81% of the tax increases, i don't think they weren't taking that out on me. they were dealing with the perception that somebody might accuse them of raising taxes....
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house speaker john boehner was more conciliatory. he wrote in a statement, quote, if there is a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground. boy, totally different tones in those two messages. realize mitch mcconnell may have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renomination and for his senate seat in kentucky. boehner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimately have a mandate in those negotiations as they go forward? will republican lawsuits produce soul-searching? does boehner and mcconnell figure out the best thing to do is do all of the compromising now, get all of the pick the scab if you will, pick your metaphor, take the medicine now and start anew when the calendar turns? it will be interesting to see the posture that they pick. all right. at this hour there are still ten races that have not been decided and several members of congress are in trouble. the open seat in arizona. arizona's second. gabby gifford's former seat. the op
house speaker john boehner was more conciliatory. he wrote in a statement, quote, if there is a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground. boy, totally different tones in those two messages. realize mitch mcconnell may have a tough fight for re-election, possibly for renomination and for his senate seat in kentucky. boehner makes a statement also on the fiscal cliff negotiations today at 3:30 this afternoon. will either party ultimately have a mandate in those negotiations...
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playing ball and boehner's office released another response. what does plan b represent? is this just a stop gap measure to get us past january 1st? >> no. plan b is a negotiating tactic used by speaker boehner that would allow him to say if all these talks fell apart something that he said before which is the house has done its job. the senate and the white house couldn't get their act together. we passed something out of our end, and we're trying to work on this problem. it's something they usually fall back on. what's interesting here, though, alex, is a few things. one, plan b is that tax cuts would go up for those making a million or above. obviously, you've heard the president would like that number to be 400. there's still a lot of members of the house, gop conference that would not accept taxes going up on $1 million or above. we spoke to a few coming out of that meeting and asked if they would support a plan. they would not elaborate on if they would or vote against it. it's not a straight easy whip. especially because democrats have n
playing ball and boehner's office released another response. what does plan b represent? is this just a stop gap measure to get us past january 1st? >> no. plan b is a negotiating tactic used by speaker boehner that would allow him to say if all these talks fell apart something that he said before which is the house has done its job. the senate and the white house couldn't get their act together. we passed something out of our end, and we're trying to work on this problem. it's something...
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boehner, boehner, don't be a sick. budget cuts will make us sick. the budget cuts are really rude, that's why we have to be so lewd. they were trying to lay bare the potential cuts for aids, the protests also served to put a naked spotlight on a major statement expected tomorrow from secretary of state hillary clinton. on the occasion of world aids day, secretary clinton is due to unveil an aids free generation. secretary clinton will make that announcement on thursday morning, but in advance of that renewed commitment to fighting aids, this group, which is known for memorable protests any way, found a way to be more memorable today. one of the groups involved in today's event tweeted, watch naked aids activists take over boehner's office at congress. that was their tweet that you could watch them and you really could. you can watch the live stream video of naked protesters standing in the office of a highest ranking republican in the country and that does not happen often and because it was that guy's office, other report ers just happened toll mil
boehner, boehner, don't be a sick. budget cuts will make us sick. the budget cuts are really rude, that's why we have to be so lewd. they were trying to lay bare the potential cuts for aids, the protests also served to put a naked spotlight on a major statement expected tomorrow from secretary of state hillary clinton. on the occasion of world aids day, secretary clinton is due to unveil an aids free generation. secretary clinton will make that announcement on thursday morning, but in advance...
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boehner was not whole hearted, but he said i guess it's the ev. but yesterday i was struck that politico piece about the who blueprints of his house leaked out. romney's in danger of a lot of two-word phrases. the president's got his issues, flexibility is a new one there where he's all of a sudden it opens up a narrative. >> yeah, i think it's very serious for romney, actually. i mean, we now know he's a rich guy who has a car elevator, or plans to build a car elevator. >> what is it? a lot of people not sure what that is. but that detail, one of those horrible details, like the $400 haircut. >> it's a challenge for him. and i think the challenge for the romney team moving forward is to figure out how to turn mitt romney's qualities, his personalities into an asset, and there's something they can work with there. he's an incredibly smart, successful guy, but we're getting lost in all of these political side bars. >> quickly, curious of your take in this, quinnipiac poll out today, what's more concerning for you? the gender gap for romney or the f
boehner was not whole hearted, but he said i guess it's the ev. but yesterday i was struck that politico piece about the who blueprints of his house leaked out. romney's in danger of a lot of two-word phrases. the president's got his issues, flexibility is a new one there where he's all of a sudden it opens up a narrative. >> yeah, i think it's very serious for romney, actually. i mean, we now know he's a rich guy who has a car elevator, or plans to build a car elevator. >> what is...
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boehner and the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell but was told they were asleep. >> wake them up, for goodness sake. >> he is the president. >> wake him up. >> yesterday, yesterday, senate majority leader harry reid struck a tone of cautious optimism. >> it's better to dance than to fight. it's bettor work together. i want to work together but i want everyone to also understand, you can't push us around. >> hours later there was some reason for hope. the word revenue which speaker boehner used 15 times in a 12-minute press conference and not always in a completely negative context. >> the news via tax reform. we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. republicans have signaled a willingness to accept new revenue. if it comes from growth and reform. >> has boehner opened the door to compromise and extended an actual olive branch. he alluded to the grand bargain that slipped away a year ago. >> closer to the critical mass needed legislatively to get tax reform done. the president and i talked about it extensively during the summer of 2011. it will require we
boehner and the senator republican leader, mitch mcconnell but was told they were asleep. >> wake them up, for goodness sake. >> he is the president. >> wake him up. >> yesterday, yesterday, senate majority leader harry reid struck a tone of cautious optimism. >> it's better to dance than to fight. it's bettor work together. i want to work together but i want everyone to also understand, you can't push us around. >> hours later there was some reason for hope....
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i was curious to see john boehner's tone and wasn't try gent. he wasn't saying there's a deal but he wasn't saying, you know, we're nowhere. like he had been saying before. >> when you assert the spth not serious, that is not, hey, we're working on something here. unless you can read in to that something different. >> if you follow the logic saying you're not sere youz because there aren't specific cuts then if there are then it holds that he is being serious then i guess you would think that in the next few days, five, seven, seven, eight days you might see specifics. i think what you are seeing is a pr battle where you say if it doesn't pass, who gets the blame? republicans are the ones people say they blame the most and republicans trying to push back on the message. >> they certainly are doing that but when you look at the optics of it, it's pr and what you say and where you say it matters. you have the backdrop with the president yesterday and the union workers in their own battle and face of middle america and middle class and speaker boeh
i was curious to see john boehner's tone and wasn't try gent. he wasn't saying there's a deal but he wasn't saying, you know, we're nowhere. like he had been saying before. >> when you assert the spth not serious, that is not, hey, we're working on something here. unless you can read in to that something different. >> if you follow the logic saying you're not sere youz because there aren't specific cuts then if there are then it holds that he is being serious then i guess you would...
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it was a stunning admission of possibly defeat that speaker boehner announced just days ago. he's looking at the same maps and numbers we are. he says there are 50 republican districts in play. i actually think it's about 60, but i'll meet him in the middle. we only need 25 to take the majority, and not to harp on buyer's remorse you just spoke of, he's detecting the same, where they elected a tea party republican in 2010, thought they were getting somebody to solve problems, instead gout somebody who was extreme, and spent more time figuring out how to shut down planned parenthood that is start a small business. >> now, congressman, you mentioned the number and i remined people too to gob to the numbers. you need 25 seats. or who hold districts won by president obama in 2008. now, that obviously is more than enough seats for you. the question i have, we have seen three straight wave eselections, 2006, 2008, 2010, by wave i mean where national issues tended to matter more than local issues, and we talk big swings. is 2012 going to be another wave election? and do you need it
it was a stunning admission of possibly defeat that speaker boehner announced just days ago. he's looking at the same maps and numbers we are. he says there are 50 republican districts in play. i actually think it's about 60, but i'll meet him in the middle. we only need 25 to take the majority, and not to harp on buyer's remorse you just spoke of, he's detecting the same, where they elected a tea party republican in 2010, thought they were getting somebody to solve problems, instead gout...
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president obama has a clear message for speaker of the house john boehner. >> terrified of what you might say. your move, chief. >> the a.p. headline reads white house to gop, it's your move. it is a point treasure secretary timothy geithner made clear over and over and over again. >> we've laid out a very detailed plan of spending cuts, $600 billion in spending in mandatory programs over ten years. if they would like to go beyond that or do it differently they need to tell us what they propose and then tell us what makes sense to them. but what we can't do is try to figure out what makes sense for them. tell us what they like as a complement to that. we can't react to anything until we see doots he tails of a proposal. we can't figure out what they need. they have to tell us. >> house speaker john boehner isn't playing ball claiming the white house proposal is a joke. >> it's flabbergasted. you can't be serious. i've never seen anything like it. >> boehner insists that talks have broken down. >> right now i would say we're nowhere. period. we're nowhere. we've put a serious offer on the
president obama has a clear message for speaker of the house john boehner. >> terrified of what you might say. your move, chief. >> the a.p. headline reads white house to gop, it's your move. it is a point treasure secretary timothy geithner made clear over and over and over again. >> we've laid out a very detailed plan of spending cuts, $600 billion in spending in mandatory programs over ten years. if they would like to go beyond that or do it differently they need to tell us...
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boehner has the debt ceiling. the president has all of the bush tax cuts expiring and the defense cut goesing through so if they do nothing, the deficits come down substantially, more of the democrats will be happier, and john boehner really doesn't have a lot, so he's got a very practical choice ahead. does he take a short-term hit from his base, or does he allow the whole thing to spin apart. he can't get a majority. >> i think a lot of people think it's not insofar as a lot of people think that mitt romney is a moderate republican, a lot of folks think that john boehner is a moderate republican forced to march to the beat of -- >>package and survive as speaker is the question. last summer he couldn't. people came in, moderate republicans who wanted to go ahead and said eric cantor and others are plotting against you. you can't go further. >> might not survive depending what happens. >> we talked about the purge of the moderates, are you bullish or bearish in terms of the direction of the u.s. congress and what
boehner has the debt ceiling. the president has all of the bush tax cuts expiring and the defense cut goesing through so if they do nothing, the deficits come down substantially, more of the democrats will be happier, and john boehner really doesn't have a lot, so he's got a very practical choice ahead. does he take a short-term hit from his base, or does he allow the whole thing to spin apart. he can't get a majority. >> i think a lot of people think it's not insofar as a lot of people...
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so i do think boehner is a hypocrite for making a complaint about this. the real issue is what's happening with the student loan bill. you do have some house republicans saying we're happy to support this bill. that is if you take money away from the obama care provisions that fund health care for women. so we're getting right back to the same sort of fight and boehner doesn't want that. he is making the issue about wheels up. what the republicans want to do to policy. >> it remarkable that mr. boehner finds so many words to ache the president for his use of air force one. when it come to bombeding to a question about federal funding, sorry, funding of the federal government, this is how he responds. listen to this. >> bla bla bla bla bla. all right? so? yes. >> incredible, isn't it? >> yeah. the over articulateness of the leader is remarkable. t.s. elliott is in the grave. the reality is this is all the republicans say is when the speaker is bla bla bla. the bad news of the ability to identify with the average american. here they are remonday straighting
so i do think boehner is a hypocrite for making a complaint about this. the real issue is what's happening with the student loan bill. you do have some house republicans saying we're happy to support this bill. that is if you take money away from the obama care provisions that fund health care for women. so we're getting right back to the same sort of fight and boehner doesn't want that. he is making the issue about wheels up. what the republicans want to do to policy. >> it remarkable...
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transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >> john boehner has a new message for the president. on tuesday boehner seemed to support president obama and take a smack at mitt romney saying it's inappropriate to criticize the president when he is overseas. a day later he wrote the white house a letter saying he is alarmed to learn of the message you sent to incoming president vladamir putin. s.e., on this channel at least or on this show, we thought that john boehner's comments in support of the president were very statesman like. >> john mccain did not agree. >> true. you have to wonder how much of this is john boehner legitimately taking up issue with the president, how much is behind the scenes nudging if not ankle kicking from the rest of the party about saying something positive about the president. >> well, if this were behind the scenes you would have to imagine he has two camps fighting with each other behind the scenes to say something nice, then forcing him to come out and sort of -- slap him in the face. this is what you're suggesting, that bo
transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >> john boehner has a new message for the president. on tuesday boehner seemed to support president obama and take a smack at mitt romney saying it's inappropriate to criticize the president when he is overseas. a day later he wrote the white house a letter saying he is alarmed to learn of the message you sent to incoming president vladamir putin. s.e., on this channel at least or on this show, we thought that john...
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and say republicans will have to give in. >> did speaker john boehner get the message? because the message was work together. >> they're not going to openly concede on this point this far out from the deadline, but they see the handwriting on the wall. >> reporter: late today, gop sources said that they have some details about the proposal brought here from tim geithner. they say the white house is offering $1.6 trillion in tax increases over ten years, 400 billion in cuts coming later. and no new proposals dealing with entitlement reform. republicans say for them, a nonstarter. >> kelly o'donnell, another cold night on capitol hill. thank you. >>> and as this debate goes on, a memorial service in washington today for a long-time budget-cutting warrior, former senator warren rudman, and david suitor was among them, and former senator and white house chief of staff, howard baker, a republican from new hampshire who authored a bill that included automatic spending cuts way back in '85. warren rudman went on to found the coalition that pushed for reducing the deficit. sena
and say republicans will have to give in. >> did speaker john boehner get the message? because the message was work together. >> they're not going to openly concede on this point this far out from the deadline, but they see the handwriting on the wall. >> reporter: late today, gop sources said that they have some details about the proposal brought here from tim geithner. they say the white house is offering $1.6 trillion in tax increases over ten years, 400 billion in cuts...
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meanwhile, john boehner started the talks after a standoff that lasted almost a week. then there was the surprise that rocked the capital today. south carolina conservative, jim demint, a hero to many, is retiring next month. nbc's david gregory, the moderator of "meet the press," has more on the surprise announcement. >> reporter: about four years early, a lot of people thought it would happen by 2017, but not at this point. in his term, demint was somebody who turbo-charged the tea party movement. he told me he would like to see the party really adopt more of these tea party ideas. that really didn't happen. there were more internal fights. he did have success in fielding candidates and also failed. he said they didn't do enough to establish what the party was for. he is going to try to be a force behind the party. >> and one more, senator coburn, from texas, somebody the president has a good relationship with opened the door toward raising taxes on the wealthy. is this the start of something? >> reporter: yes, i think a lot of things are misplaced. i talked to a lot
meanwhile, john boehner started the talks after a standoff that lasted almost a week. then there was the surprise that rocked the capital today. south carolina conservative, jim demint, a hero to many, is retiring next month. nbc's david gregory, the moderator of "meet the press," has more on the surprise announcement. >> reporter: about four years early, a lot of people thought it would happen by 2017, but not at this point. in his term, demint was somebody who turbo-charged...
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of using tactics like the politics of envy that boehner said were, quote, almost un-american. now, if you're longing for some harmony, we'll have that, too. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be here, one of the last things she does as a member before giving up her seat, recovering from that assassination attempt last year. and also an open seat left by a member of congress who suffered a stroke. he holds the seat president obama once had. >> we'll be seeing you tonight as part of our coverage. with us here in what is really his studio in washington is the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. and david, while there have been state of the union addresses with greater interest going in, it's still a fraught period of time and it's still one heck of a big platform for the president. >> it's a huge platform. i talked to a senior campaign adviser who said look, you don't pass up this opportunity to lay out what is effectively a philosophical campaign blueprint for a huge audience tonight. he's going to use that. so yeah, the stage is set. but i talk to republicans today
of using tactics like the politics of envy that boehner said were, quote, almost un-american. now, if you're longing for some harmony, we'll have that, too. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be here, one of the last things she does as a member before giving up her seat, recovering from that assassination attempt last year. and also an open seat left by a member of congress who suffered a stroke. he holds the seat president obama once had. >> we'll be seeing you tonight as part of our...
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listen, i give boehner credit here, i think he understands this. we cannot go through another process of hostage taking where they take us to the brink. there's nothing out there to be gained. when you see senator demint saying the same thing, there's nothing to be gained here. let's come together and do something in the interest of the american people. that will benefit the president, because this is his initiative. but more importantly it will benefit the american people and that is what it should be all about. so, i think we hope, that we are able to get this passed before the 29th of february, but right now, all indications are that we are leading up to another hostage taking situation. >> let's go to worse case scenario here, i heard this in a briefing, and i can not say how i heard it, there's a concern at the administration at the highest level that there's three ways that the economy can stop recovering and we now the economy is getting better. the unemployment is down to low eights now and hopefully below eight by the election. but the rep
listen, i give boehner credit here, i think he understands this. we cannot go through another process of hostage taking where they take us to the brink. there's nothing out there to be gained. when you see senator demint saying the same thing, there's nothing to be gained here. let's come together and do something in the interest of the american people. that will benefit the president, because this is his initiative. but more importantly it will benefit the american people and that is what it...
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we expect to hear today from speaker john boehner. very shortly, in fact. the chances are he will be meeting with the president later today, but the chances for a budget agreement seem to be fading. the time grows shorter before the congress goes home for christmas. chris, managing editor of post politics.com, and nbc, capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. welcome both. chris and kelly, we've been through this before. we've seen this manufacture before, but now we are a couple of days before the christmas break, and both sides now, kelly, acknowledging that congress is going to go home for christmas without a deal. >> that's right. they are going to have to put this off in that period between christmas and new year's, and we have seen the movie that tells us deadlines are what reach results here. we're not quite on the deadline yet. all of it with staff and families and all the obvious reasons that people want to be home for christmas, maybe being home they'll hear feedback as well to get a deal. they're going to take that break. at least on the senat
we expect to hear today from speaker john boehner. very shortly, in fact. the chances are he will be meeting with the president later today, but the chances for a budget agreement seem to be fading. the time grows shorter before the congress goes home for christmas. chris, managing editor of post politics.com, and nbc, capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. welcome both. chris and kelly, we've been through this before. we've seen this manufacture before, but now we are a couple of days...
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., on the hill, tapped into boehner. they have been saying all along that it is up for the senate to act and the president to act and the house has done its will, washed their hands of it. what's john boehner thinking going into this meeting? what do they hope to get if anything from it? >> what i'm hearing more broadly, luke is that there are so many conversations going on right now. and there seems to be more interest in one of the ideas that boehner has talked about which is use what the house has already passed which would extend all of the tax rates where they are right now and then amend it. and part of what is happening here is what can be done in terms of the wheels of legislation, what can be done in terms of political will. lots of conversations are happening. what we are learning is that no new paper has traded hands, if you will, so no actual proposals have been exchanged. will are very substantive discussions going on between people who are at a senior level in these negotiations. looking at ways they can pr
., on the hill, tapped into boehner. they have been saying all along that it is up for the senate to act and the president to act and the house has done its will, washed their hands of it. what's john boehner thinking going into this meeting? what do they hope to get if anything from it? >> what i'm hearing more broadly, luke is that there are so many conversations going on right now. and there seems to be more interest in one of the ideas that boehner has talked about which is use what...
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. >> reporter: earlier in the day, speaker john boehner also sounded a kumbaya theme. >> i am proposing a fiscal cliff together to be averted >> reporter: that gets its name, because at the end of the year if congress does nothing, bush taxes expire, the payroll tax cut expires, emergency unemployment benefits end and $984 billion in automatic cuts and defense and domestic budgets are triggered. they estimate that would cause the economy to take a significant hit, raising unemployment to 9.1% by the end of next year. but the real political sticking point is taxes. the president called on congress to make tax cuts for people making less than $200,000, and making less than $250,000, and drew a line in the sand. >> i refuse to accept any approach that is not balanced. and on tuesday night, we found out the majority of americans agree with my approach. >> reporter: the president was referring to the tuesday exit poll which indicated nearly 60% of voters would support higher taxes on the wealthy.çó and while john boehner hinted at some taxes going up, he also listed some conditions. >> and
. >> reporter: earlier in the day, speaker john boehner also sounded a kumbaya theme. >> i am proposing a fiscal cliff together to be averted >> reporter: that gets its name, because at the end of the year if congress does nothing, bush taxes expire, the payroll tax cut expires, emergency unemployment benefits end and $984 billion in automatic cuts and defense and domestic budgets are triggered. they estimate that would cause the economy to take a significant hit, raising...
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it's something that boehner had out there, five year transportation bill, it's essentially dead because he could not rally enough republicans to it. the house will take up the senate version if they do not do something, it disrupting 130,000 projects and lays off a lot of construction workers. to me, that says that the republicans are finally realizing that they have to pass something, anything. >> yes, something anything. ? little princes or what have you. >> on the scope of it, there's big obstacles that stopped the grand bargain and all of that still exists. it will take the november election to really resolve those. the first fight after the november election, unless something dramatic happens will be the bush tax us ccuts. i think it's true, the republicans in 2010 and through last year could afford to be cocky. the president's number says were low and the anxiety was high, and people were programmed to opposition to obama. that will shift as the numbers go up, and if he gets re-elected. >> i think it will be interesting to see what happens on infrastructure, sperling said the inst
it's something that boehner had out there, five year transportation bill, it's essentially dead because he could not rally enough republicans to it. the house will take up the senate version if they do not do something, it disrupting 130,000 projects and lays off a lot of construction workers. to me, that says that the republicans are finally realizing that they have to pass something, anything. >> yes, something anything. ? little princes or what have you. >> on the scope of it,...
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>>> president and speaker boehner agreed that loose lips sink ships until today. it is tuesday, december 11th, and this is "now." >>> joining us today political analyst and washington bureau chief for more jones david korn and communications director and an msnbc political analyst karen finish where i politico executive editor jim van dehigh, and chief national correspondent for the morning times magazine mark rubavich. >>> over at the white house president obama has no public events scheduled. meanwhile, over in michigan thousands of union members and supporters are protesting at the state capitol building in lancing. the state, which is the heart of the united autoworkers and ground zero for union rights is poised to sign a major anti-labor bill into law today. the president weighed in on that, speaking yesterday in redford. >> these right to work clause, they don't have anything with economics. they have everything to do with politics. what they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. america is not going to compete based on low
>>> president and speaker boehner agreed that loose lips sink ships until today. it is tuesday, december 11th, and this is "now." >>> joining us today political analyst and washington bureau chief for more jones david korn and communications director and an msnbc political analyst karen finish where i politico executive editor jim van dehigh, and chief national correspondent for the morning times magazine mark rubavich. >>> over at the white house president...
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i will play the sound bite heard around the world, john boehner speaking on a fox interview that will air today. let's listen to that. >> there's a 2 and 3 chance that we win control of the house again but there's a 1 in 3 chance we could lose. i'm being myself, frank. we've got a big challenge, we've got work to do. >> that is a change, as politico reported today, from boehner's previous position, which was confident that the republicans would keep the house. >> it is. i'm a skeptic, though. i tend to think this is something of a front, in terms of fund-raising and it is trying to gin up the base, because there is a concern with mitt romney at top of the ticket, so far, depends who you talk to, some think the base will rally around hip because of the dislike of president obama and a lot of concern privately among republicans focused on the congressional races that this will sort of dampen turnout. the speaker's confidence they're going to ho ing ting to hold th. they could see the majority slim down. there are a number of seats, especially in places redistricted, like new york, seats
i will play the sound bite heard around the world, john boehner speaking on a fox interview that will air today. let's listen to that. >> there's a 2 and 3 chance that we win control of the house again but there's a 1 in 3 chance we could lose. i'm being myself, frank. we've got a big challenge, we've got work to do. >> that is a change, as politico reported today, from boehner's previous position, which was confident that the republicans would keep the house. >> it is. i'm a...